All three said they were injured during the alleged attack and one of the students was transported to a local hospital with unidentified injuries, according to NBC affiliate WNYT.

But the University Police Department announced plans to charge the women —Ariel Agudio, 20, Alexis Briggs, 20, and Asha Burwell, 20 — on Thursday with assaulting a passenger on the bus and falsely reporting an incident.

Police said in a statement that evidence gathered during their three-week investigation showed the students’ initial claims “that they were victimized, were false” and that the women themselves allegedly assaulted a 19-year-old female passenger.

The charges against the women were supported by interviews with the 35 passengers on board the bus at the time of the incident, security camera footage from the bus and four videos taken by passengers on their mobile phones, according to the police statement.

Calls to the defense attorney of one of the students were not immediately returned.

SUNY Albany President Jones had said he was "deeply concerned, saddened and angry" about the alleged attack at the time.

In a statement to NBC News on Thursday, Jones said he had been informed of the outcome of the police investigation.

"This matter is now in the hands of the criminal justice system," he said in the statement. "I look forward to the resolution of this case."

"I ask the community for its continued patience and respect as the judicial process continues," he added.

All three students will face charges of assault in the third degree and falsely reporting an incident in the third degree, according to the police statement, with Agudio facing additional charges of attempted assault in the third degree and attempted criminal mischief in the fourth degree.